hydrothermal vent

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hydrothermal vent

noun hydrothermal vents

a hot spring, on the floor of the ocean, mostly along the central axes of the mid-ocean ridges, where heated fluids emerge from fissures in the Earth's crust. Everything fed from the heat and chemistry oozing from hydrothermal vents.

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@misc{hydrothermal_vent_2026,
  title = {hydrothermal vent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hydrothermal%20vent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}